Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, July 21, 2018,
2:00PM - 4:00PM - 2 dunlins, coots, shelduck, mallards, tufted ducks, common terns including chicks, black-headed gulls including chicks, great black-backed gull, cormorants, grey heron, Canada geese, great crested grebes, linnets, pied wagtails and starlings.
Dunlin
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Chichester Harbour: Ella Nore and East Head - 19/4/18
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, April 22, 2018,
1:30PM - 7:00PM - Birds seen included curlews, ringed plovers, oystercatchers, Mediterranean gulls, black-headed gulls, herring gulls, shelducks, mallards, c3 wheatears, linnets, skylarks, buzzard, cormorants, great crested grebes and grey heron.
Male Wheatear
Mediterranean Gull
Flock of Oystercatchers
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Staines Reservoir - 24/8/17
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Thursday, August 24, 2017,
10:00AM - 1:00PM - 1 sanderling, 5+ dunlin, 4 black-tailed godwits, 3 greenshanks, 4 common sandpipers, 10+ ringed plovers, 2 yellow wagtails, c20 pied wagtails, 50+ coots, 50+ great crested grebes, 50+ tufted ducks, 20+ mallards, 50+ Canada geese, c5 cormorants, 50+ black-headed gulls, 1 kestrel, 1 starling and 20+ common terns.
Black-tailed Godwit and Black-headed Gull
Yellow Wagtails
Waders including Sanderling, Dunlin and Ringed Plover
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Frensham Little Pond - 21/1/17
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, January 21, 2017,
11:30AM - 3:30PM - 1
firecrest, 6 goldcrests, c15 robins, 4 great tits, 3 blue tits, 2 mute swans, c10 coots, 1 great crested grebe, c15 black-headed gulls, 4 stonechats and 4 blackbirds.
Male Firecrest
Goldcrest
Coot on the frozen pond
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London Wetland Centre - 2/1/17
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Monday, January 2, 2017,
10:45AM - 4:00PM - 3 water pipits, 3 snipe, 1 pintail, 25+ shovelers, 20+ mallards, 20+ tufted ducks, c10 grey herons, 20+ teal, 25+ wigeon, 2 green woodpeckers, 2 reed buntings, 4 blue tits, 4 great tits, 2 blackbirds, 3 robins, c15 cormorants, 20+ black-headed gulls, 20+ herring gulls, c5 great black-backed gulls, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 15+ pochards, 25+ lapwings, 4 great crested grebes, 3 greylag geese, 4 Canada geese, 30+ moorhens and 25+ coots. No bittern :(
Common Snipe
Water Pipit
Drake...
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Rutland Water - 20/8/16 - 21/8/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, August 26, 2016,
I enjoyed the Birdfair and some birdwatching of course over at Rutland Water. I only visited the Lyndon Nature Reserve and I saw 3 new species for me, which were Osprey, Tree Sparrow and Ruff. Other bird species I saw, bringing the total to 40, were green sandpiper, little egret, greenshank, grey heron, great tit, blue tit, greenfinch, goldfinch, robin, blackbird, hobby, red kite, cormorant, mallard, Canada goose, greylag goose, mute swan, great crested grebe, little grebe, coot, moorhen, tuf...
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Staines Reservoir - 6/8/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, August 6, 2016,
10:00AM - 12:45PM - 1 oystercatcher, c15 common terns, 50+ black-headed gulls, 30+ great crested grebes, 100+ tufted ducks, 100+ coots, c10 linnets, c15 pied wagtails, 2 lapwings, 50+ mallards, 8 cormorants, 30+ Canada geese, 2 Egyptian geese and 1 grey heron. I didn't see the black-necked grebes :(
Terns, gulls and duck with chicks and eggs on the tern raft
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London Wetland Centre - 2/6/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Thursday, June 2, 2016,
10:30AM - 3:00PM - 4 shelducks, 10+ lapwings, 1 little grebe, 3 great crested grebes, 1 peregrine falcon, 3 reed warblers, 2 reed buntings, 1 blackcap, 1 green woodpecker, 20+ mallards, 30+ tufted ducks, 10+ pochards, 20+ coots, 15+ moorhens, 30+ black-headed gulls, 30+ herrings gulls, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 3 grey herons, 2 cormorants, 50+ sand martins, 100+ swifts, 2 Egyptian geese, 5 Canada geese, 7 mute swans, 4 gadwalls, 3 mandarins, c5 coal tits, 3 blue tits, 4 great tits, 2 robins, 3...
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Nutfield Marsh - 30/3/16
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Wednesday, March 30, 2016,
12:00PM - 3:45PM - 3 snipe, c10 yellowhammers, 1 shelduck, 20+ shovelers, 4 teals, 20+ mallards, 2 gadwalls, c15 tufted ducks, 20+ coots, 10+ moorhens, 3 mute swans, 3 reed buntings, 2 green woodpeckers,17 greylag geese, c20 Canada geese, 2 Egyptian geese, 1 buzzard, 3 little grebes, 4 great crested grebes, 13 cormorants,1 grey heron, 1 song thrush, 3 goldfinches, 2 chiffchaffs, 3 robins, c5 blackbirds, c5 blue tits, c5 great tits and 2 long-tailed tits. Other wildlife includes rabbits and ma... Continue reading ...
Frensham Common - 15/11/15
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, November 15, 2015,
10:15AM - 12:15PM - 1
great grey shrike, 1 red kite, 2 great spotted woodpeckers, 4 meadow pipits, 10 coots, 3 tufted ducks, 3 great crested grebes, 10+ black-headed gulls, 1 wren, 5+ blue tits and 10+ long-tailed tits.
Great Grey Shrike
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Manor Farm - 17/1/15
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, January 17, 2015,
12:00PM - 14:00PM - 1 kestrel, 2 stonechats, 2 little grebes, 4 pheasants, 10 goldfinches, 1 wren, 5 long-tailed tits, 10 blue tits, 7 great tits, 5 cormorants, 1 grey heron, 5 mallards and 4 blackbirds. There was also a fox.
Male stonechat
Red fox
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Staines Reservoir - 29/11/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, November 29, 2014,
9:00AM - 10:20AM - 5 black-necked grebes, 1 red-breasted merganser, 1 great northern diver, 3 goldeneyes, 30+ wigeon, 9 gadwalls, 50+ tufted ducks, 15 great crested grebes, 2 little grebes, 50+ coots, 30+ lapwings, 4 mute swans, 3 cormorants, 30+ black-headed gulls, 10 pied wagtails and 20+ starlings.
Wigeon (Female left and Drake right)
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Frensham Little Pond - 31/10/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, October 31, 2014,
10:00AM - 13:00PM - 3 goldcrests, 1 buzzard, 1 kingfisher, 8 black-headed gulls, 1 cormorant, 2 great crested grebes, 4 coots, 1 mallard, 3 robins, 3 great tits and 4 blue tits.
Comorant and 2 black-headed gulls
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Sheepwalk Lake - 5/10/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, October 5, 2014,
9:30AM - 11:30AM - 7 kingfishers, 50+ tufted ducks, 7 mallards, 1 pochard, 20 coots, 2 moorhens, 9 great crested grebes, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 5 great tits, 2 goldcrests, 1 nuthatch, 2 wrens, 3 long-tailed tits, 2 shovelers, 3 cormorants, 1 grey heron, 7 mute swans, 2 siskins and 4 robins.
Tufted ducks
Pochard and coot
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Nutfield Marsh - 2/9/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Wednesday, September 3, 2014,
9:30AM - 12:30PM - 1 green sandpiper, 5 reed buntings, 2 barn owls, 30+ lapwings, 4 little grebes, 6 great crested grebes, 5 teals, 10 mallards, 7 gadwalls, 20+ tufted ducks, 40+ coots, 15 moorhens, 7 goldfinches, 3 robins, 4 blue tits, 3 great tits, 1 grey heron, 5 mute swans, 7 Canada geese and 1 green woodpecker.
Green Sandpiper
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Manor Farm - 15/3/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, March 16, 2014,
10:30AM - 11:30AM - 3 buzzards, 4 jays, 2 cormorants, 1 mallard, 1 mute swan, 2 ring-necked parakeets, 1 redwing, 1 little grebe, 6 robins, 4 blackbirds, 10+ blue tits, 5 great tits, 1 chiffchaff, 3 goldfinches, 3 greenfinches and 10+ house sparrows.
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London Wetland Centre - 21/2/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, February 21, 2014,
11:30AM - 4:30PM - 4 gadwalls, 23 shovelers, 30+ mallards, 10 teals, 20+ wigeon, 50+ moorhens, 35+ coots, 16 lapwings, 8 canada geese, 4 egyptian geese, 7 mute swans, 20 cormorants, 10 grey herons, 35+ tufted ducks, 3 pochards, 3 chaffinches, 3 blue tits, 3 great tits, 7 long-tailed tits, 5 robins, 1 dunnock, 5 blackbirds, 6 ring-necked parakeets, 1 peregrine falcon, 2 great-crested grebes, 4 little grebes, 10+ herring gulls and 15+ black-headed gulls.
According to the WWT website, there was a...
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Staines Reservoir - 3/1/14
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, January 3, 2014,
10:30AM - 12:20PM, 30+ coots, 25+ tufted ducks, 6 gadwalls, 5 goldeneyes, 20 wigeon, 3 common scoters, 4 great crested grebes, 2 little grebes, 1 black-necked grebe, 3 cormorants and 5 black-headed gulls.
Grazing Wigeon
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